Earl Baldwin SUMERLIN ¹

  General Notes:

Earl may have been adopted. In 1900 IL census, Adolf and Lucy Sumerlin were listed with no children living with them and Lucy stated she had no children.

1910 IL CENSUS, Coles Co, Mattoon city:
Adolf Sumerlin, 57, first marriage, married 31 yrs, b. IA, editor newspaper;
wife Lucy, 51, married 31 yrs, b. IL; 0 children, 0 living;
son Earl B., 11, b. IL, parents b. NY

WWII DRAFT CARDS YOUNG MEN, 1940-1947:
Name: Earl B Sumerlin
Race: White
Age: 43
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1898
Birth Place: Mattoon Coles, Illinois, USA
Residence Place: Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Illinois, USA
Employer: Self-Employed-Lerna Weekly
Weight: 143
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 10
Next of Kin: Katherine Sumerlin

SSDI:
Name: Earl Sumerlin
Social Security Number: 332-01-3044
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1898
Issue year: Before 1951
Issue State: Illinois
Last Residence: 61938, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA
Death Date: Oct 1972

U.S., DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BIRLS DEATH FILES, 1850-2010:
Name: Earl Sumerlin
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1898
Death Date: 23 Oct 1972
SSN: 332013044
Enlistment Date 1: 6 Apr 1917
Release Date 1: 2 Jul 1919

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Earl B Sumerlin
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1898
Death Date: 23 Oct 1972
Cemetery: Dodge Grove Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Mattoon, Coles County (Coles), Illinois, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Father: Adolph Sumerlin
Mother: Lucy F Sumerlin
Spouse: Catherine Pearl Sumerlin
Children: Earl Baldwin Sumerlin

Earl married Catherine Pearl WHITEHEAD, daughter of George Edgar WHITEHEAD and Flora Belle WICKHAM, on 14 May 1921 in Lee Co, IA.¹ (Catherine Pearl WHITEHEAD was born on 23 May 1899 in Kahoka, Clark Co, MO,^{2 4} died on 6 Jul 1998 in Mattoon, Coles Co., IL ^{2 3} and was buried in Dodge Grove Cem, Mattoon, Coles Co, IL ³.)